# shopify-onboarding-merchant

This skill walks a merchant through Shopify CLI setup, store creation, and connection of an existing store from an AI assistant.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 1 install · ★ 7604
- Author: Shopify · official OpenAI repository
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant

## What it does

The skill guides a store owner through Shopify CLI installation and the first connection step. It checks `shopify version`, then offers npm installation or the Homebrew route on macOS. After setup, it asks whether to create a new store or link an existing one.

For a new store, the flow opens Shopify’s trial signup page. An existing store is identified through `https://admin.shopify.com/store/{handle}` or `{handle}.myshopify.com`. The skill normalizes the handle and runs `shopify store auth`, which opens a browser session and waits for the merchant to approve the permissions.

Node.js is needed when neither npm nor Homebrew is available. The authentication flow needs Shopify CLI 3.93.0 or newer, so older CLI installations need an upgrade first.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill shopify-onboarding-merchant -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill shopify-onboarding-merchant -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins shopify-onboarding-merchant
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/shopify/skills/shopify-onboarding-merchant/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install Shopify CLI
- create a new Shopify store
- connect an existing store by URL
- complete browser-based store authorization
- normalize a store address to `.myshopify.com`

## Example prompts
- Install Shopify CLI and help me create a new store.
- Connect my existing store at `your-handle.myshopify.com`.
- Check Shopify CLI, then authorize `https://admin.shopify.com/store/{handle}`.

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## Other versions with the same name
- [shopify-onboarding-merchant · shopify](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/shopify-shopify-onboarding-merchant.md) — 8100 installs

From the same set: [openai/plugins](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/openai/plugins.md) — 528 cards

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